Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 Eurocentrism is frequently garbed in the clothes of such rational and scholarly discourse that sometimes its purveyor carries you with him almost unwittingly, as it were, until you suddenly pause and say 'whoa, whoa'... Listen to the voice of Professor Niall Ferguson, Professor of Political & Financial History, University of Oxford elegantly holding forth on why globalisation is not what it used to be in the 19th century and sermonizing on the lessons that the British Empire taught the world. Set the audio to start streaming at 08:55 minutes from the beginning which is the point at which Jackie Ashley starts interviewing the professor: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sitemap/pop_politics.shtml M. S. Chandramouli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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